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Highland regular cracks top five on Hell Tour stop
Posted: 06/23/2010, 02:42 am By Todd TurnerHIGHLAND, Ill. (June 22) — Paul Bailey wasn’t crazy about the decision to add water to the reworked Highland Speedway surface just before Tuesday’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals main event. But in a rare chance to run a Full Story
Babb tops Feger, Melvin, earns $5,000 at Highland
Posted: 06/22/2010, 02:57 am By Todd TurnerHIGHLAND, Ill. (June 22) — Winning a groove-swapping battle among three series veterans, Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., led the final 19 laps Tuesday at Highland Speedway in the seventh leg of the 29-race UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. Full Story
Van Wormer rebounds with Vermilion victory
Posted: 06/21/2010, 06:54 pm By Todd TurnerDANVILLE, Ill. (June 21) — Rebounding from a bitter breakdown while leading a night earlier, Jeep Van Wormer of Pinconning, Mich., led all 40 laps Monday at Vermilion County Speedway to capture the sixth leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. Van Full Story
Francis drives Tim Logan car to Cornwall victory
Posted: 06/21/2010, 04:11 am By Kevin KovacCORNWALL, Ontario (June 20) — Steve Francis got his groove back on the World of Outlaws Late Model Series with a dominant performance Sunday at Cornwall Motor Speedway. Making his first WoO start of the season in a Rocket car owned Full Story
Melvin edges Moyer Jr., earns $5,000 at Wilmot
Posted: 06/21/2010, 02:49 am By Todd TurnerWILMOT, Wis. (June 20) — Making a rousing high-side charge in the final laps, Rodney Melvin swept around Billy Moyer Jr. late in a 30-lapper at Wilmot Raceway to capture the fifth leg of the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals. Melvin earned Full Story
Resurgent Hatton grabs $3,000 at Bardstown
Posted: 06/20/2010, 09:17 am By Michael DespainBARDSTOWN, Ky. (June 19) — Surging to the front after dropping back to fifth midway through the race, Aaron Hatton of Mount Sterling, Ky., led the last seven laps Saturday at Bluegrass Speedway for a National All Star Racing Association Full Story
Birkhofer wins at Cedar Lake after Vaught's DQ
Posted: 06/19/2010, 07:04 pm By Todd TurnerNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 19) — Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, inherited Saturday's UMP DIRTcar Summernationals victory at Cedar Lake Speedway after apparent flag-to-flag winner Will Vaught of Crane, Mo., was 13 pounds below the Full Story
Ashley fights off Tippen, Christian for I-30 win
Posted: 06/19/2010, 03:14 pm By Bryan WimberleyLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 18) — Earning his first series victory in nearly two years and his first-ever series victory at I-30 Speedway, polesitter David Ashley of Zachary, La., edged Allen Tippen in Friday’s opener of a weekend Full Story
Webb outduels Rattliff for Ponderosa victory
Posted: 06/19/2010, 12:35 pm By Michael DespainJUNCTION CITY, Ky. (June 18) — David Webb of Nicholasville, Ky., overtook race-long leader Justin Rattliff of Campbellsville, Ky., with seven laps remaining for a 30-lap National All Star Racing Association victory at Ponderosa Speedway. Full Story
Closing the Gap: Owens denies Schlieper victory
Posted: 06/19/2010, 09:27 am By James EssexBULLS GAP, Tenn. (June 18) — Winning his second straight home-state event, Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., slipped past race-long leader Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, Wis., heading for the white flag at Volunteer Speedway to capture the Full Story
Moyer tops Babb, gets 3rd straight Hell Tour win
Posted: 06/18/2010, 06:19 pm By Todd TurnerNEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 18) — Just before Friday’s UMP DIRTcar Summernationals feature at Cedar Lake Speedway, front-row starter Shannon Babb and eighth-starting Billy Moyer talked about their fortunes for the 40-lap feature. “We Full Story
Rough-riding Moyer on top in Hell Tour opener
Posted: 06/16/2010, 05:04 pm By Todd TurnerBROWNSTOWN, Ind. (June 16) — As the saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em. Billy Moyer’s version, on a night with ripply track conditions at Brownstown Speedway, was if you can’t miss the rough Full Story
UMP Summernationals index
Posted: 07/01/2010, 11:55 amUMP DIRTcar Summernationals index; also visit the schedule page, the series history section and the downloadable daily statistical recap: Tuesday, July 20 • Video: Best of the rest Summernationals interviews • By the numbers: Full Story
Timmons steals Bandits race at Cumberland
Posted: 06/14/2010, 09:21 am By Matt FeltenCUMBERLAND, Md. (June 13) – Doug Timmons came on strong in the latter half of the Dana Dove Memorial for the Cline Construction Steel Block Bandits Series to get a victory Sunday at Allegany County Speedway. Timmons laid claim to Full Story
Notes: Clanton collapse ends challenge at Dream
Posted: 06/13/2010, 08:31 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 13) — Several drivers made charges at Eldora Speedway’s Dream XVI, but the most potent run at polesitter and eventual winner Billy Moyer was made by 10th-starting Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga. When Full Story
Thin cushion, slick track tests Dream XVI drivers
Posted: 06/13/2010, 07:08 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 13) — It’s never easy tackling Eldora Speedway’s half-mile oval, but Sunday afternoon’s conditions for Dream XVI provided challenges that put the country’s best Dirt Late Model racers to Full Story
Updates: Blog-style reports Sunday at Eldora
Posted: 06/13/2010, 11:00 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 13) — Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., overtook fellow front-row starter Ray Cook of Brasstown, N.C., on a lap-20 restart and led the rest of Dream XVI for his first major race victory at Eldora Full Story
Rain hits Eldora; action set to resume on Sunday
Posted: 06/12/2010, 03:46 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 12) — Heavy rains hit Eldora Speedway following Saturday’s six heat races for the Dream XVI, forcing track officials to postpone the $100,000-to-win UMP DIRTcar event until Sunday. The track announced Full Story
Scouting the heat races for Eldora's Dream XVI
Posted: 06/12/2010, 08:50 amROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Some fans might’ve had made their Dream XVI heat race picks even before Eldora Speedway’s fancy new inversion wheel quit its eternal spinning — fast qualifier Tim McCreadie might have a Full Story
Fast qualifier T-Mac eyes strong run at Dream XVI
Posted: 06/11/2010, 09:43 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Tim McCreadie has assured himself a starting spot in Dream XVI with his fast qualifying time Friday at Eldora Speedway’s half-mile oval. Now the Watertown, N.Y., driver hopes he’s up front Full Story
Miller captures Speedweek victory at Port Royal
Posted: 06/11/2010, 06:00 amPORT ROYAL, Pa. (June 10) — Fifth-starting Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, Pa., overtook polesitter and fast qualifier Jamie Lathroum of Mechanicsburg, Md., on a late-race restart at Port Royal Speedway to capture the fourth round of Full Story
Notes: Tech inspection gets rolling at Dream XVI
Posted: 06/10/2010, 09:16 pm By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 10) — Racing at Eldora Speedway at least once in their careers is often a dream of Dirt Late Model racers everywhere, and there’s no better time to visit Tony Stewart’s historic half-mile oval than Full Story
Warrior hits paydirt with 1-2 Prelude performance
Posted: 06/10/2010, 03:16 am By Todd TurnerROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — The big winners Wednesday at Eldora Speedway’s sixth annual Gillette Prelude to the Dream included victorious Jimmie Johnson and the children’s hospitals benefitting from the charity all-star Full Story
Jimmie Johnson grabs Gillette Prelude victory
Posted: 06/10/2010, 01:43 amROSSBURG, Ohio (June 9) — Four-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson added to his already impressive racing resume Wednesday at Eldora Speedway, capturing the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Prelude to the Dream Full Story
Eckert outruns Richards for $5,000 at Winchester
Posted: 06/08/2010, 12:28 amWINCHESTER, Va. (June 6) — Polesitter Rick Eckert of York, Pa., led every lap at Winchester Speedway for a victory in the second round of the CenturyLink Appalachian Mountain Speedweek. Eckert held off Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.Va., Full Story
